‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… ‘slaves’. The abolition of slavery by Britain in 1808 was, on the face of things, a good and noble deed. However, while … Simon’s Bay or Table Bay, where their fate lay in the hands of the Collector of Customs, one Charles Blair. [xviii] … of his life became irrevocably altered. Delivered into the hands of the Collector of Customs, namely Charles Blair, Jean …